Holiday Hours

All library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas Holiday.   

The Main Library is closed, Tuesday, December 31, starting at 5:00 p.m.. The Branches are closed all day Tuesday, December 31. 

All library locations are closed all day Wednesday, January 1, 2024. 

 

STEAM Fair

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Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
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About This Event

Discover, problem solve, and engage in critical thinking at our First-Ever STEAM Fair! Join us and our partners at this special event highlighting subjects that promote critical thinking skills: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Learn coding with robots, experience virtual reality, or enjoy one of many other hands-on activities. Pick up a map when you arrive to collect stamps and take home a bag of goodies when you leave. All ages. Drop in.

Presented in partnership with: Bess Bower Dunn Museum, Boy Scouts of America, Cernan Earth and Space Center, Clean Minecraft Videos, Community Consolidated School District 15, Crabtree Nature Center, GoDroneX, Harper College Chemistry Club, Harper College Mobile Unit, Hoffman Estates Park District, Home Depot of Palatine, Northern Illinois Rocketry Association, Northrop Grumman, Northwest Suburban Astronomers, Palatine Fire Department, Palatine High School Robotics Club, Palatine Park District, Palatine Police Department, Rocket Launchers—FLL, SciTech Hands-On Museum, Snapology of Palatine- Barrington, STEM For Kids—IL NW Chicago, Stillman Nature Center, and William Fremd High School Robotics Club.